Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre team pistol

The 50 metre team free pistol event was one of the competitions in the Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics events in Paris. It was held on 1 August 1900. 20 shooters from 4 nations competed, with five shooters per team. Medals were given for individual high scores, and the scores of the five shooters were summed to give a team score. The winning team was from Switzerland; silver went to France and the Netherlands took bronze.

Men's 50 metre team pistol
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Entrance to the target stand
VenueSatory
DateAugust 1
Competitors20 from 4 nations
Winning score2271
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Netherlands
1908 →

Background

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This was the first appearance of a team version of what would become (for individuals) standardised as the men's ISSF 50 meter pistol event. The team event was held 4 times, at every Summer Olympics from 1900 to 1920 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held).[1][2]

Röderer used a Waffenfabrik Bern 1882 Swiss Ordnance Revolver.

Competition format

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The competition had each shooter fire 60 shots at a distance of 50 metres. The target was round, 50 centimetres in diameter, with 10 scoring rings. Scoring for each shot was up to 10 points, in increments of 1 point. The maximum individual score possible was 600 points; the maximum team score (sum of five individual scores) was 3000 points.[2]

Revolver must have a barrel of 11 cm in length. Ties were broken by greatest number of shots on target (1 or better), then greatest number in the black (7 or better), then by ring (10, 9, 8, etc.).

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Wednesday, 1 August 1900 8:00 Final

Results

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The scores of the five shooters on each team were summed to give a team score. All scores were taken from the individual event; no further shooting was done. The maximum score was 3000.

Rank Nation Shooter Score
    Switzerland Switzerland total 2271
Karl Röderer 503
Konrad Stäheli 453
Louis Richardet 448
Friedrich Lüthi 435
Paul Probst 432
    France France total 2203
Achille Paroche 466
Louis Duffoy 442
Léon Moreaux 435
Jules Trinité 431
Maurice Lecoq 429
    Netherlands Netherlands total 1876
Dirk Boest Gips 437
Henrik Sillem 408
Antonius Bouwens 390
Solko van den Bergh 331
Anthony Sweijs 310
4   Belgium Belgium total 1823
Alban Rooman 405
Émile Thèves 404
Victor Robert 351
Pierre Eichhorn 345
Charles Lebègue 318

References

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  1. ^ "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Free Pistol, 50 metres, Team, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 June 2021.